25th. The amount expended for improvements, and whether the same are estimated as a part of the expenses of operating or repairing the road, and if either, which? 26th. The amount expended for motive power and cars. 27th. The amount expended for station houses, buildings, and fixtures. 28th. All other expenses for maintenance of way. 29th. All other expenses for other purposes. 30th. The rate of fare for passengers for each month for the same time, through and way passengers separately. 31st. The tariff of freights, showing each change of tariff during the same time, and a copy of each published rate for passengers and freight issued to its agents during the same time, and whether the published rates were those actually received; if not, what were received. 32d. The number of tons of freight carried one mile. 33d. The amount received per ton per mile. 34th. The average distance each ton was hauled, and the average cost of hauling a ton of freight one mile. 35th. What freight and transportation companies run on its road, and on what terms, and whether such transportation companies use the cars of the railroad company, or cars furnished by themselves. 36th. Whether the freight or cars of such transportation companies are given any preference in speed or order of transportation; and if so, in what particular? § 10. The said Commissioners may propound any addi- Interrogatories. tional interrogatories, which shall be answered by such com panies in the same manner as those specified in the foregoing section. § 11. Said Commissioners shall, on or before the first day of When to report. December in each year, and oftener if required by the Governor to do so, make a report to the Governor of their doings for the preceding year, containing such facts as will disclose the practical workings of the system of railroad transportation in this State, and such suggestions in relation thereto as to them may seem appropriate. 12. Said Commissioners shall examine into the condition, Other duties. management, and all other matters concerning the business of railroads in this State, so far as the same pertain to the relation of such railroads to the public; and whether such railroad corporations, their officers and employes, comply with the laws of this State. And whenever it shall come to their knowledge, or they shall have reason to believe that the laws affecting railroad corporations in their business relations to the public have been violated, they shall prosecute, or cause to be prosecuted, the corporations or persons guilty of such violation. § 13. Said Commissioners shall have power to examine, Power of the under oath, the directors, officers, agents, and employes of Commissioners. cess, &c. any railroad corporation concerring the management of its affairs, and to obtain information pursuant to this act; and shall have power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, and to administer oaths. In case any person shall willfully refuse or fail to obey such subpoena, it shall be the duty of the circuit court, or any court of similar jurisdiction. of the county, upon application of said Commissioners, to issue an attachment for such witnesses, and compel them to attend before the Commissioners, and give testimony upon such matters as may be lawfully required of them, and may punish for contempt as in other cases. 14. Any person who shall willfully neglect or refuse to Neglect of pro obey the process of subpoena issued by said Commissioners, and appear and testify as therein required, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to indictment in any court of competent jurisdiction, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not. less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not more than days, or both, in the discretion of the jury. 15. Every corporatiou, and every officer or agent that Refusal to report. shall willfully neglect or refuse to make any report required in this act at the time herein required, or who shall intentionally hinder and obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them, shall be fined. in the sum of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered upon an indictment, or by an action in the name of the Commonwealth, to be instituted by said Commissioners. and Common § 16. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General and the Attorney General Commonwealth's Attorney in the circuit in which proceedings wealth's Attor may be instituted, upon the request of the Commissioners, to institute and prosecute all actions and proceedings authorized by this act. ney. § 17. This act shall not apply to any street railroad. And § 18. The term railroad corporation, as used in this act, What included. shall be construed to include any person, association, or company operating a railroad, whether incorporated or not. any association, company, or corporation extorted upon or discriminated against, shall be included in the term person, as used in this act. 19. Said Commissioners shall hear and determine complaints under the first and second sections of this act. Such complaints shall be made to said Commissioners in writing, and they shall give the company complained of not less than ten days notice of the time and place of hearing the same. They shall hear the evidence of the parties, and award judgment as authorized by this act. Unless the same be satisfied, the chairman shall, within ten days, file a copy of said award in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county which, under the Code of Practice, would have jurisdiction of such controversy, on which execution shall issue as on other judg ments: Provided, That any party dissatisfied with said award may, within ten days, file a traverse thereof with the clerk of said court, who shall docket the same for trial at the next term. If the matter in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, said court, on demand of either party, shall empanel a jury to try the same. If it does not exceed that sum, the court shall hear and summarily decide the same without the - intervention of a jury. § 20. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 6, 1882. Duties and pow ers of the Com missioners. CHAPTER 803. AN ACT to regulate the holding of the Carroll county court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That hereafter the regular terms of the Carroll county County court. court shall be held on the third Monday in each month. § 2. That the court of claims for Carroll county shall be Quarterly court. held as now, on the 1st Monday in December. §3. That all acts in conflict with this act are hereby re pealed. § 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 6, 1882. CHAPTER 804. AN ACT to increase the jurisdiction of the Simpson quarterly court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the quarterly court of Simpson county shall have Quarterly court. concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts of all civil actions for the recovery of money or personal property when the matter in controversy, exclusive of interest and cost, exceeds fifty dollars, and does not exceed four hundred dollars. Appeals from. § 2. Appeals from quarterly courts to the circuit courts shall be taken as now provided by law. §3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 6, 1882. March 8, 1880, amended. CHAPTER 809. AN ACT to amend section 3 of an act, entitled "An act to amend chapter 92 of the General Statutes, entitled 'Revenue and Taxation,'"' approved March 8, 1880. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section 3 of an act, entitled "An act to amend Section 3, act of chapter 92 of the General Statutes, entitled Revenue and Taxation,'" approved March 8th, 1880, be, and the said section is, amended by adding after the word "Elliott," in the last line of said section, the words "Clay, Jackson, and Owsley." § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 6, 1882. CHAPTER 815. AN ACT to change the time of holding the circuit courts in and for Lyon county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the circuit court in and for Lyon county, in the Circuit court of second judicial district, shall commence on the first Monday in the months of June and December of each year (instead of Lyon county. second Monday), and continue eighteen days at each term, if § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after AN ACT authorizing banks and corporations to accept guarantee bonds. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: ficers. § 1. That it shall be lawful for any bank or corporation, Bond of bank ofwhich requires bond with security for the faithful conduct and honesty of their officers and employes, to accept as such security the bond of any guarantee company, specially and exclusively constituted for guarantee purposes, and which has complied with the laws of this State, and holds the certificate of the Commissioner of Insurance, authorizing it to transact business in the State, where and when such bank or corporation, by its board of directors, may elect or decide to receive such bonds from its officers and employes in place or substi tution of personal bond from private individuals. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved April 6, 1882. CHAPTER 841. AN ACT to fix the times and terms of the circuit courts in the seventh Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the times and terms of holding the circuit courts in the seventh judicial district shall be as follows : In the county of Monroe on the first Monday in January Monroe. and July, and continue twelve juridical days. In the county of Green on the third Monday in January Green. In the county of Hart on the first Monday in February, Hart. |